Falcon 1
Success
Sep 28, 2008Falcon 1 — Flight 4
The fourth Falcon 1 reached orbit — the first privately developed, liquid-fueled rocket ever to do so, saving SpaceX from bankruptcy weeks before the cash ran out.
Mission facts
| Date | Sep 28, 2008 |
| Vehicle | Falcon 1 |
| Payload | RatSat mass simulator |
| Destination | Low Earth orbit |
| Customer | SpaceX |
| Booster | Falcon 1 (new) |
| Recovery | N/A |
| Crewed | No |
| Outcome | Success |
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